adj
Meaning 1
Unable to defecate; costive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irregular
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
constipated
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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kŏn'stə-pā-təd
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/ˈkɒnstəpeɪtəd/
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N S T AH0 P EY2 T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Failing to make a point or reach a conclusion; stifled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of constipate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unconstipated
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ngazidja Comorian: na nkoma — unable to defecate
- Cornish: trethtegys — unable to defecate
- Dutch: verstopt — unable to defecate
- Dutch: geconstipeerd — unable to defecate
- French: constipé — unable to defecate
- German: verstopft — unable to defecate
- Greek: δυσκοίλιος (dyskoílios) — unable to defecate
- Ancient Greek: δυσκοίλιος (duskoílios) — unable to defecate
- Irish: iata — unable to defecate
- Irish: ceangailte sa chorp — unable to defecate
- Irish: crua sa chorp — unable to defecate
- Irish: crua sa bholg — unable to defecate
- Italian: stitico — unable to defecate
- Māori: kōroke — unable to defecate
- Māori: tina — unable to defecate
- Polish: mający zaparcie — unable to defecate
- Portuguese: constipado — unable to defecate
- Portuguese: com prisão de ventre — unable to defecate
- Spanish: estreñido — unable to defecate
- Swedish: förstoppad — unable to defecate
- Swedish: hård i magen — unable to defecate
- Vietnamese: táo bón — unable to defecate
- Welsh: rhwym — unable to defecate
- Welsh: bolrwym — unable to defecate
- Woiwurrung: balert-tak — unable to defecate